December 6, 1997

David T. Templin was born June 1838 in Washington County, Tennessee to Jacob and Catherine Templin. A memorandum of Jacob Templin does not list the last two children of which David is one. However, the 1850 census has David listed in this household as a 13 year old son of Jacob. The 1860 census lists David in the same household as a son at the age of 22 years. Also on some land transactions dated 1875 states, Mr. David T. Templin and wife Martha M. Templin, heirs at law of Jacob Templin.

David T. Templin enlisted in the Civil War for the Confederate Army in Cocke County, Newport, Tennessee 5th or 6th day of Nov. 1862. He was in Company I, 62nd Tennessee Mounted Inf. (Rowan’s Regiment, 80 Tenn. Infantry). He was promoted from private to Sgt. on Feb. 10,1863. This unit was assigned to Lieut. General John C. Pemberton, who had fifty thousand men under his command. General Pemberton surrendered his command at Vicksburg Mississippi, on July 4th 1863. Everyone was paroled and furnished supplies and transportation home.

David’s two brothers Richard and George, were in the union home guard, in Cocke Co. Tn. Lt. George Templin was captured and never heard of since.

David married a widow, Martha M. Click Bird. He received guardianship of the two Bird children. He also had guardianship of his brother, Isaac’s four children. The 1900 census, notes that Martha and David had 14 children. Counting the six on guardianship, only 13 were accounted for.

David farmed for a living, and sold off his property over the years to make ends meet. He applied for a soldiers pension in 1905 and was rejected. His wife died in 1906 and he sold the remaining property, which was his wife’s, and had the payments go to John A. Bird, his stepson, as this was part of the Bird’s estate.

David was unable to support himself, so he went to live with his stepson. He then went to Ala. ,to his son James Crampton Templin. He applied to the state of Ala. for relief of Confederate Soldiers. He did not receive a pension, but was admitted to a Confederate home in Chilton County, Ala. He was there about a year when he passed away on Aug. 6, 1909. He was buried there in the Confederate Cemetery.

Children of Martha and John A. Bird

Andrew John Bird

Nancy A. Bird

Children of Isaac and Martha Case Templin

George H. Templin

Richard Harrison Templin

David Tucker Templin

Mary Katherine Templin

Children of David T. and Martha M. Click Bird Templin

Eliza J. Templin

James Crampton Templin

Mary Katherine Templin

William B. Templin

Lizzy B. Templin

Winfield Templin

Sallie Templin

David Templin and Martha Click Bird were Great Grandparents to this writer.